CHUG, which stands for “Canals in Hackney
Users’ Group”, is a charity and
a community of boaters who live in Kingsland Basin, in Hackney’s central London.
This community has around 14 boats, but there are over 15,000 people living
afloat in Great Britain. They use canal narrow boats as homes to navigate the,
which were originally built for transporting bulk of raw materials and fuel up
and down the country’s long narrow man-made canals. CHUG began
in 1983 as an association of local people whose aim was to promote the use of
the Hackney’s canal for the benefit of everyone living in the
area, while promoting environmental, educational and planning issues as their
main objectives.
There is a dedicated boat holding a
luscious floating allotment that gives an abundance of fruits and vegetables
ranging from spinach, lettuce, rocket, countless herbs, onions, potatoes,
aubergines, tomatoes, beans, asparagus and even artichokes — all which the
community shares. But with five huge noisy developments currently underway in
the canal, the allotment boat is pretty important not only as a floating food
resource, but in bringing local wildlife back into the area. At CHUG, there is
also a bicycle parking area that protects the two-wheelers from rain while they
wait for the next ride.
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